Guest guest Posted February 1, 2008 Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 Kathy, It's the email program you use that can do it. I currently use Eudora, but Outlook can do it also. I don't know what program Macs use, but I'm sure it's more than capable. On my program, it is under Tools: Filters. You can specify a rule for the sender, message title, whatever. Hope that helps. Sharon At 12:37 PM 2/1/2008, you wrote: On Friday, February 01, 2008, at 02:28PM, Sharon McCoy , M.D. wrote: > ><<Original Attached>> How do you direct specific emails into a separate folder? and specify different colors? Is that a one box thing or can any email do that? I have .mac, but I probably don't know 1/100th of what I can do with it. Kathy Broman Wow, Kathy, that must be quite a shock to read about. As far as managing email, it is overwhelming sometimes. I do have the list-serve emails go into a separate folder, and have emails from my patients labeled green, so I don't miss them. But it is definitely an ongoing challenge. Don't underestimate what you've accomplished over the past year. Sharon At 12:15 PM 2/1/2008, you wrote: I think that safety is quite important, esp. as a no staff IMP. One could ask a family member or friend to hang out when you have someone in the office that you don't know. I try not to schedule new male patients or patients that I think might be drug seekers when I am alone in the building. What do others do for safety measures? I am in a practice with another woman and we were without staff for about 4 years. We now have a male office manager and we try to schedule new patients and patients that make of nervous when he is around-as he works part time. It might be that you will just have to restrict new patients to hours during the day. New practitioners seem to attract drug seekers as they don't know if you are an easy mark yet. I usually won't schedule a new patient that has a " pain " problem for 1-2 weeks and then I tell them that I don't prescribe scheduled drugs on the first appointment unless I have previous records and then itis dubious. We haven't taken new patients for awhile, so I don't have to worry about it much. I started an aesthetic practice last year and discovered that it a totally different clientele. Sometimes it is difficult to distinguish people that problems with body dysmorphic syndrome from the average " I just don't like how I look " syndrome that most of us have. I saw a young man several weeks ago that was unusually self conscious and displeased with his appearance and I recommended that he wait on any significant aesthetic procedures until he had some counseling. He had been to counseling and psychiatrists in the past, although he didn't tell why. He made me a bit nervous, so I had my office manager hang out near the door while I visited with him. The visit went surprisingly well and he seemed to think about my advice and didn't get angry. Imagine my shock and surprise when he was ont he front page of the paper 10 days later for killing his mother. I think that he most likely had untreated paranoid schizophrenia. Kathy Broman MD Mason City, IA By the way, how do the rest of you manage the deluge of emails? I love this listserve, but It overwhelms me at times. I am just getting back to the listserv after 4-5 months of email strike. I cleared the deck of about 4-5000 emails last weekend. I can only imagine that it would be even worse with one box, as then there would be even more email to review. I am hoping to be a better organized, happier, more competent, and while I am wishing, smarter, better looking and well paid this coming year. On Friday, February 01, 2008, at 10:37AM, " mayuri srinivasan " wrote: >Hi everyone: > > As a new IMP (no staff), I am flexible in giving appointments to patients. Most of the patients request evening appointments. I booked a new patient (male) for a 6 pm appointemnt but now am worrying about what if he is drug seeker and so on? > Being alone in the office (particularly evenings) worries me but can't afford staff at this point. Any thoughts on how you handled such situations? > > Thanks > maha > > > > >--------------------------------- >Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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